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---------------------- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 07/09/2001 07= :56 AM --------------------------- From:=09John Sherriff/ENRON@EUEnronXGate@EUEnronXGate on 07/09/2001 09:43 A= M GDT Sent by:=09Kerry Ferrari/Enron@EUEnronXGate To:=09Jeremy Blachman/HOU/EES@EES, Raymond Bowen/ENRON@enronXgate, Michael = Brown/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Rick Buy/ENRON@enronXgate, Richard Causey/ENRON@e= nronXgate, Wade Cline/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENt, David Cox/Enron = Communications@Enron Communications, David W Delainey/HOU/EES@EES, James De= rrick/ENRON@enronXgate, Janet R Dietrich/HOU/EES@EES, Jim Fallon/Enron Comm= unications@Enron Communications, Andrew S Fastow/ENRON@enronXgate, Mark Fre= vert/ENRON@enronXgate, Ben Glisan/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin Hannon/Enron Communica= tions@Enron Communications, Rod Hayslett/ENRON@enronXgate, Stanley Horton/E= NRON@enronXgate, James A Hughes/ENRON@enronXgate, Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@En= ron, Louise Kitchen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark Koenig/ENRON@enronXgate, John J Lavor= ato/ENRON@enronXgate, Kenneth Lay/ENRON@enronXgate, Dan Leff/HOU/EES@EES, D= anny McCarty/ET&S/Enron@Enron, Mike Mcconnell/ENRON@enronXgate, Mark Metts/= Enron@EnronXGate, Mark S Muller/HOU/EES@EES, Cindy Olson/ENRON@enronXgate, = Lou L Pai/HOU/EES@EES, Greg Piper/ENRON@enronXgate, Ken Rice/Enron Communic= ations@Enron Communications, Matthew Scrimshaw/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Jeffrey = A Shankman/ENRON@enronXgate, Jeffrey Sherrick/ENRON@enronXgate, John Sherri= ff/ENRON@EUEnronXGate, Jeff Skilling/ENRON@enronXgate, Marty Sunde/HOU/EES@= EES, Greg Whalley/ENRON@enronXgate, Richard Lewis/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Joe G= old/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Matthew Scrimshaw/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Michael Hutch= inson/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Mike Farmer/Enron@EUEnronXGate, Michael Brown/Enr= on@EUEnronXGate, Fernley Dyson/Enron@EUEnronXGate cc:=09=20 Subject:=09Transatlantic meetings To the Executive Committee: Attached is a note that has been sent to our managers regarding off-site an= d team-building meetings. My impression is that our commendable efforts to= build transatlantic synergies are resulting in too many get-togethers that= require substantial travel. Our challenge is that such gatherings are far= more costly and time-consuming for us to attend than our Houston colleague= s might realize. Often, participating in these meetings takes an entire we= ek for Enron Europe employees (especially if they are outside of Texas). Na= turally, they may feel that this time of year (PRC time) is exactly the wro= ng time from a career perspective to miss this kind of gathering. These off-sites are sometimes scheduled at the end of a quarter, which comp= ounds the difficulty; worse still are the times they occur at the end of Q2= , since it also coincides and conflicts with the PRC process. I would appreciate your efforts to remind your managers to consider the tra= vel time and costs (both direct and indirect) when inviting international e= mployees to off-site meetings in the US. We appreciate the chance to be in= cluded in the broader Enron initiatives and to share ideas across organizat= ions, but we are really trying to reinforce the message about managing expe= nses. Thanks! John Sherriff (Letter sent to all Enron Europe VPs and direct reports) We still have issues regarding Offsites and 'Team Building' exercises. In = particular, we have recently had examples of departments failing to inform = other key work groups when workplace absences are pending. In order to avoid misunderstandings, and to increase transparency, the foll= owing will apply with immediate effect: Any Offsite or 'Team Building' exercise which any group (both commercial an= d non-commercial, and including John and myself)intends to undertake must b= e communicated, in advance, to all department heads. Issue to be identified= include: all participants who will out of the office, total costs of the = exercise; and, where appropriate, work load coverage details. John and I are very supportive of team building exercises but we much prefe= r that they be conducted in the evenings or at weekends. To the extent that= is not possible, we must absolutely avoid quarter ends and ensure all work= is appropriately covered. Trips to Houston and especially resorts in the US are far more difficult to= justify based on the substantial travel time and costs involved. So pleas= e pay particular attention to optimising our transatlantic travel. Please communicate this policy to your staff. Michael Brown
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